Renting double/single bed: Where do we stand?

neilmusgrove

Although the OP should have checked, when renting a furnished house/room(hotel) if it says double room I would expect it to have a double bed in it, otherwise it is a single room!

This is different to when buying a property because in that case you are buying a house not a service so the contents are not relevant and hence double/single bedroom applies to the 4 walls, floor and ceiling.

Clearly though the language is a bit ambiguous.

moneysavinmonkey

again not answering the question- you were booking a family room not double bedroom?

If the travel lodge website just said double bedroom or family room and you booked the double room. Would you be happy to turn up and find that there was only a single bed? Would you phone ahead to check your double bedroom was going to have two beds in it?

surely your example illustrates my point perfectly:
a double bedroom accommodates two people (ie double meaning two persons), a family bedroom accommodates a family?

it is double bedroom not doublebed room for a reason

Unknown1234_2

moneysavinmonkey wrote: »

again not answering the question-Yes i did to my satisfaction- you were booking a family room not double bedroom? - i booked a room!! showing that no matter whta you book it states what will bein the room bed wise!

If the travel lodge website just said double bedroom or family room and you booked the double room. Would you be happy to turn up and find that there was only a single bed?I would have seen on the website when booking what bed is in the room point i was illustrating Would you phone ahead to check your double bedroom was going to have two beds in it?it would state on the website, the point i illustarted above

surely your example illustrates my point perfectly: Hardly, that unless it states you should check!
a double bedroom accommodates two people It can do(ie double meaning two persons), a family bedroom accommodates a family?

it is double bedroom not doublebed room for a reason

You definitley win the award for putting double bedroom so many times in one post.

Unknown1234_2

Have checked another hotel website The Hilton

When selecting a Double Executive room i get this description.

Double Executive Room
34m² room with double bed, Executive Lounge access with free breakfast, and high-speed internet access. Sleeps 2 adults.

Point is, whether you assume expect whatever. You should have checked what furniture came with the furnished house and you didnt.

moneysavinmonkey

cool!! what do i win? :beer:

seriously though thankyou so much for your invaluable advice. I have now learned that defining a room by the furniture which is in it is "silly" but defining a room based upon what furniture you could hypothetically fit into it is the way forward!

zebulon

Dear moneysavinmonkey

I just would like to say that I support you totally.

I'm a renting person (4 flats in 4 years) - and I think you have been mislead.

I visit a FURNISHED flat -
I expect bits and bobs of funiture to belong to current tenants.
But If I see double beds and it's being advertised with double bedrooms, I think it is perfectly reasonnable to assume that that's what you'll get.

We can argue hours about use of words (double beds, double bedroom etc...) and the fact that it might be wrong to assume things .... but still I think that you have been mislead.

But even more, the description you were given:

"two double bedrooms with beds, wardrobe and chest of drawers, single bedroom with single bed ......

So it's clearly mentionned that the single ROOM as a single BED - but not that one of the double ROOM also has a single BED !!!!???

GO FOR IT!

Unknown1234_2

moneysavinmonkey wrote: »

cool!! what do i win? :beer:

seriously though thankyou so much for your invaluable advice. I have now learned that defining a room by the furniture which is in it is "silly" but defining a room based upon what furniture you could hypothetically fit into it is the way forward!

How about you work of this: define a double bedroom as having a floor area of 10.2 sq.mtr. (110 sq.ft) or more :beer:

moneysavinmonkey

Melissa_Hewett wrote: »

Have checked another hotel website The Hilton

When selecting a Double Executive room i get this description.

Double Executive Room
34m² room with double bed, Executive Lounge access with free breakfast, and high-speed internet access. Sleeps 2 adults.

Point is, whether you assume expect whatever. You should have checked what furniture came with the furnished house and you didnt.

You still have not shown me an example of a hotel room that is described as a double but contains a single bed or answered the question whether if you did not have the information other than the phrase 'double bedroom' what you would do/ reasonably assume.

I have already agreed with you that I should have checked what furniture came with the house but thanks for making that point again.. stick with it!

neilmusgrove

zebulon wrote: »

Dear moneysavinmonkey

So it's clearly mentionned that the single ROOM as a single BED - but not that one of the double ROOM also has a single BED !!!!

GO FOR IT!

Excellent point, the single is redundant in that sentence because it's a single room! If they describe a single room as having a single bed then they MUST describe a double room as having a single bed if it does. The wording is misleading (either intentionally or not).

moneysavinmonkey

zebulon wrote: »

Dear moneysavinmonkey

I just would like to say that I support you totally.

I'm a renting person (4 flats in 4 years) - and I think you have been mislead.
[snip]

GO FOR IT!

Thanks zebulon for 'grounding' this debate... I think ultimately it's a lost cause to argue the meaning of words- it is quite clear they can mean different things to different people! And now I have won an award for using the 'DB' word the most times in any one post I'm retiring from that debate! I'll post back in time if anyone want's to know what I do and the result!